Mark Leon
Professor of Practice
| Office Location |
306B |
| Phone |
214-768-5148 |
Biography
Mark Leon has 20 years of experience in the gaming industry, specializing in Organic, hard surface modeling and texturing. Prior to teaching at 水多多导航 Guildhall, Mark taught 3D Gaming in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area at schools including Art Institute of Dallas, Collin County and Richland Community College.
Mark is a 3D Artist with a background in Graphic Design and Illustration. His career started out working with production studios modeling, composting and designing story broads for local TV ad campaigns for two years. He then spent the next 15 years in the gaming industry creating architectural sets for environments, weapons and character design. He has a wide range of skillsets including:
- Graphic Design
- Illustration
- Web Design
- Game Art
- Character Modeling
- Highpoly and Lowpoly Modeling
- Texturing
- Motion Graphics
Specializations
Art CreationProfessional Experience
- 3D Game Artist —6'FT Games
- 3D Game Artist —GAD Gaming
- Teacher/Instructor —Art Institute/Collin County/Richland College
- 3D Artist —Reel FX
- Senior Character Artist — Terminal Reality
- Lead Character Artist — Gearbox Software
- Lead Artist — Terminal Reality
- 3D Game Artist — Westwood Studios
- 3D Cinematic Artist/Animator — Origin Systems
Education
- Associate of Computer Arts and Applied Science — Art Institute of Dallas
- Associate of Graphic Design/Illustration — Art Institute of Dallas
Shipped Games and Contributions
- 2018 Dread Nought: PS4 & Steam (Senior Artist)
- 2015 Hunger Games (Unreal4 Promotional Demo, Reel FX Studios)
- 2013 The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct (Sr. Character Artist)
- 2012 Kinect Star Wars (Senior Character Artist)
- 2009 Borderlands (Senior Character Artist)
- 2008 Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway (Ld. Character/ Rigging Artist)
- 2003 Blowout (Artist)
- 2002 Earth & Beyond (Artist)
- 1999 Ultima IX: Ascension (Modeler)
- 1998 Wing Commander: Secret Ops (Animator, Modeler)
- 1997 Wing Commander: Prophecy (Animators, Modeler)
- 1997 Wing Commander: Prophecy (Deluxe) (Animator, Modeler)
- 1996 Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (Animator, Modeler)